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This oughta give you the Willeys!  I won't, I'm keeping all these, but enjoy them anyway. Another part of my AMC train project, I've converted 5 flats so far, and have 4 more to do. Then I'll call it quits for the Lima flats. I think they look nice with the Willeys on them, former Bachmann Trackster bodies. The wheelbase matches, too! With some perseverance, I should get my AMC train finally done in 2015, the basic parts, and can add on later as I want to. Happy to be making progress finally after all these years! 
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Posted - January 25 2015 : 09:32:43 AM
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AMC, those willeys remind me of the 60's. Back in the early 60's, I drove one, 4 cylinder standard transmission with overdrive. Thanks for the memories. My car this week is a Champion Life Like boxcar. I picked this up on another forum for $6.00 including shipping.
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Posted - January 25 2015 : 10:16:48 AM
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$3 from the LHS ... Varney UP Stock Car
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Posted - January 25 2015 : 11:18:54 AM
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Nice COTWs so far, guys. My COTW is a newer Athearn H0 scale Pacific Fruit boxcar that I got at a train show a while back. 
-Steve
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Posted - January 25 2015 : 4:01:49 PM
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Circus performer cleans up in the elephant car.
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Posted - January 25 2015 : 4:47:09 PM
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quote:
Circus performer cleans up in the elephant car.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â January 25 2015Â :Â 4:01:49 PM
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Chops, my stock car can't compete with your elephant car.
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Posted - January 25 2015 : 5:26:32 PM
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| I don't know, classic Varney is purdy darn cool.
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Posted - January 25 2015 : 5:33:48 PM
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Other side of Elephant Car.
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Posted - January 26 2015 : 12:35:50 AM
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| Great photos Jeff. The straw in the car adds to the realism for sure.
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Posted - January 26 2015 : 02:36:53 AM
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My COTW is a Tyco Bubble Yum flat car, thought this combo was never offered by Tyco...
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Posted - January 26 2015 : 12:54:22 PM
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Saw this G scale car in Lincoln called Shoemakers Truck Stop
Not mine Was on display there
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Posted - January 26 2015 : 9:34:18 PM
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My COTW was inspired by Redwoods. I had acquired some Athearn passenger cars to create my rendition of his El Capitan transition car - was looking at how short the Athearn dome car was and had a brainstorm .
This is a very simple kitbash - a dome car with the end of an observation car grafted on. I think it makes the length look much better for a dome car. The chassis was lengthened as well, using sections from both cars.
I painted it in the style of the Mantua Santa Fe streamliners. I plan to add lighting later.
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Posted - January 26 2015 : 10:03:59 PM
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My latest acquisition:
A 1980s/1990s-style Amtrak "Amfleet" coach car. I mainly got this for nostalgia reasons, as I used to see these a lot at South Station in Boston as a kid (along with Amtrak F40PHs and those material-handling cars). The "Amfleet" cars are still used on Amtrak's non-Acela trains that start/end at South Station, but they have the new paint scheme on all of them. I do miss seeing Phase III a lot there (last I saw it was when they had one of their "Heritage" Genesis locomotives there last year.)
It does look neat here in this pic. Though I don't plan to run these cars on the layout much due to their length. Instead I plan to fix up the coupler problem on my TYCO Amtrak combine car (maybe use a little wire to keep the height consistent.)
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 09:13:47 AM
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quote:| I painted it in the style of the Mantua Santa Fe streamliners. I plan to add lighting later. |
Jerry, at first glance I thought you'd found a Mantua dome observation. Then I looked more closely and read your comments. Great job on the kitbash!
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 09:24:21 AM
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quote: quote:| I painted it in the style of the Mantua Santa Fe streamliners. I plan to add lighting later. |
Jerry, at first glance I thought you'd found a Mantua dome observation. Then I looked more closely and read your comments. Great job on the kitbash!
Originally posted by DaCheez - January 27 2015 : 09:13:47 AM
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Same here, man. That looks shockingly like a Mantua observation coach or something like that. Pretty neat.
-Steve
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 10:59:50 AM
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hey Jerry
Why don't you put a drumhead on that observation?
Lots of passenger trains did
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 12:28:58 PM
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quote:hey Jerry
Why don't you put a drumhead on that observation?
Lots of passenger trains did
Originally posted by microbusss - January 27 2015 : 10:59:50 AM
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Great idea, Buss - I would like to do that! I saw some on ebay the other day that lit up, although for some strange reason they didn't offer a Santa Fe one. Might just try to make one.
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 12:35:43 PM
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quote: quote: quote:| I painted it in the style of the Mantua Santa Fe streamliners. I plan to add lighting later. |
Jerry, at first glance I thought you'd found a Mantua dome observation. Then I looked more closely and read your comments. Great job on the kitbash!
Originally posted by DaCheez - January 27 2015 : 09:13:47 AM
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Same here, man. That looks shockingly like a Mantua observation coach or something like that. Pretty neat.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â January 27 2015Â :Â 09:24:21 AM
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Thanks guys, your comments made my day.
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 7:12:47 PM
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quote: quote: quote: quote:| I painted it in the style of the Mantua Santa Fe streamliners. I plan to add lighting later. |
Jerry, at first glance I thought you'd found a Mantua dome observation. Then I looked more closely and read your comments. Great job on the kitbash!
Originally posted by DaCheez - January 27 2015 : 09:13:47 AM
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Same here, man. That looks shockingly like a Mantua observation coach or something like that. Pretty neat.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â January 27 2015Â :Â 09:24:21 AM
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Thanks guys, your comments made my day.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â January 27 2015Â :Â 12:35:43 PM
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No problem, JNXT.
-Steve
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Posted - January 27 2015 : 8:31:20 PM
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Now THAT's the way to jack up a dome car!
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Posted - January 28 2015 : 9:41:16 PM
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I am double-dipping on the COTW with this one, but giving myself a pass since this will be the last car coming out of the JNXT shops in WV - finished tonight - with operations scheduled to move to Texas.
Appropriately called the "Mountaineer", it started out as an undecorated Penn Line combine I picked up last November at a train show. I added window glass, paint and decals, plus a set of Kadee couplers.
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Posted - January 31 2015 : 1:45:07 PM
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That Mountaineer is one heck of a double dip, and
thank you for that. I can almost smell the axle
grease. Those rivets really make it happen.
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Posted - January 31 2015 : 4:19:33 PM
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quote:I am double-dipping on the COTW with this one, but giving myself a pass since this will be the last car coming out of the JNXT shops in WV - finished tonight - with operations scheduled to move to Texas.
Appropriately called the "Mountaineer", it started out as an undecorated Penn Line combine I picked up last November at a train show. I added window glass, paint and decals, plus a set of Kadee couplers.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â January 28 2015Â :Â 9:41:16 PM
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Is that a stained glass panel I see? What did you use for that? My Liberty Bell trolley has a bunch of stained glass panels that I'll need to represent and I'm not sure how I'm going to tackle that part of the job yet.
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Posted - January 31 2015 : 5:10:25 PM
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Is that a stained glass panel I see? What did you use for that? My Liberty Bell trolley has a bunch of stained glass panels that I'll need to represent and I'm not sure how I'm going to tackle that part of the job yet.
Originally posted by RDC1Â -Â January 31 2015Â :Â 4:19:33 PM
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Yes it is - it came printed on a sheet of thin clear plastic like you would use for windows, along with some others in a couple different sizes. Unfortunately I am unable to identify who made it - I found it in an old "grab bag" of used decals. Wasn't even a full sheet, just a scrap.
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Posted - January 31 2015 : 5:34:29 PM
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Nice find ... gives me some ideas.
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Posted - January 31 2015 : 8:31:27 PM
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quote:$3 from the LHS ... Varney UP Stock Car
Originally posted by RDC1Â -Â January 25 2015Â :Â 10:16:48 AM
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I am going to be a snob now and say "eew, later Varney" because their older metal cars are way nicer. A nice find, especially at that price, but I'll take my stamped-metal boxcars over plastic Varney any day
And JNXT, love those passenger cars. Don't think anyone's ever tried painting a Penn Line coach for Pullman before, and I wonder why, cause it sure looks good! Keep 'em coming!
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Posted - January 31 2015 : 9:08:13 PM
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And JNXT, love those passenger cars. Don't think anyone's ever tried painting a Penn Line coach for Pullman before, and I wonder why, cause it sure looks good! Keep 'em coming!
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â January 31 2015Â :Â 8:31:27 PM
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It was the result of looking through my old heavyweight passenger decals and thinking, "hey I bet this would look good." Pure fantasy but it works for me!
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Posted - January 31 2015 : 10:15:20 PM
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quote: quote:$3 from the LHS ... Varney UP Stock Car
Originally posted by RDC1Â -Â January 25 2015Â :Â 10:16:48 AM
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I am going to be a snob now and say "eew, later Varney" because their older metal cars are way nicer. A nice find, especially at that price, but I'll take my stamped-metal boxcars over plastic Varney any day
And JNXT, love those passenger cars. Don't think anyone's ever tried painting a Penn Line coach for Pullman before, and I wonder why, cause it sure looks good! Keep 'em coming!
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â January 31 2015Â :Â 8:31:27 PM
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 No kidding. Don't give me wrong, the plastic ones are okay but the older ones, and older model trains in general, just feel better overall to me.
-Steve
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